UnionDues: 5 important discussions on the GMB/Deliveroo agreement
‘Is this a remarkable negotiating coup or a sharp move to take IWGB out of the game?’
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Low-paid NHS staff forced to use food banks as they face huge real wage hit
Nurses who face a shocking real terms pay cut this year of £1,600, are being forced to use food banks to feed families.
Pay strikes at ink manufacturer likely to disrupt printing of Daily Mail
Industrial action over an ‘insulting’ 3% pay offer for employees at Sun Chemical is set to impact production of the right-wing newspaper.
Interest rates rise will exacerbate the cost-of-living crisis unions warn, amid calls for an emergency budget
‘Once again, the working people of this country will pay the price.’
What the UK could learn from New Zealand’s planned labour laws
Jacinda Ardern’s Government has introduced legislation to enable industry-wide collective bargaining
Solidarity builds for sacked P&O workers as protestors gather at ports
The fight for the dismissed P&O Ferries’ employees to win back their jobs moved up a gear this weekend with demonstrations held in the UK and beyond.
BME women twice as likely to be on zero-hour contacts as white men
‘Structural racism in action’ has been a key discussion point at the Trade Union Congress Women’s Conference 2022, which is now underway.
Momentum builds to stop the Health and Care Bill with national day of action
Today – February 26 – marks an NHS day of action, with unions, health organisations and campaigners uniting to highlight the impact the contentious Health and Care Bill will have on the health service.
UnionDues: Reach, information and persuasion – the three pillars of (successful) union comms
We look at the world of union communications in the company of one of its most accomplished practitioners, Kevin Slocombe.
Sharon Graham: We don’t need lectures from the rich on pay restraint
‘It is time to value and renew our institutions. It is time to build union power.’